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This stream was recorded on the day the clocks went back in the UK, but what does that matter? Time doesn't exist!

Head on over to YouTube to hear Bernard's songs for the week. In this instalment: This Is Why (Paramore), My Lady Of Mercy (The Last Dinner Party), and Purple Rain (Prince & The Revolution).

Join us next week for another charity livestream! Sunday 1st Nov, 8pm UK time.

And you can still donate to this week's charity, Save The Children, here.

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This week's stream was a Chanson Special! For no reason at all. Head on over to YouTube to listen to Magenta & Bernard's songs this week: La Vie En Rose (Edith Piaf), My Way (Paul Anka/Frank Sinatra), Ne Me Quitte Pas (Jacques Brel) and Windmills of Your Mind (Michele Legrand).

This week, we also donated 50% of the proceeds from our September live show to our chosen charity, Friends Of The Earth! You can still donate to Friends Of The Earth via this week's campaign page, here.

And you can join us on the next live stream, on October 25th, here.

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The leaves are browning, your cosier jumpers are coming out, all your photos look cinematic, and there are a plethora of excellent horror films on Channel 4. It's Spooky Season, and it's time for another.... Charity Livestream! And this week, we are raising money for one of our favourite charities: Oxfam.

Head on over to YouTube to hear the songs from this week's livestream: a medley of Monster Mash (Bobby "Boris" Pickett), Stand By Me (Ben E King) and Please Mr Postman (The Marvelettes/Carpenters), and Magenta herself singing Windmills Of Your Mind (Michel Legrand).

Join us next week at the usual time and place for a chanson special! 8pm UK time (3pm ET), on YouTube and all the other less good platforms.

And you can still support this week's excellent charity Oxfam on our campaign page here.

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It’s definitely not a cult! Why do people keep saying that? It’s just another… CHARITY LIVESTREAM with Madame Magenta and Bernard! Songs! Fortunes! Good hangs! Money for good causes! All of that and more (by which we mean, possible cat appearances).

This week, M&B are raising money for REACT Disaster Relief, a very interesting charity which Magenta will tell you about. You can also head over to YouTube to hear Bernard's two songs from this live stream - Sour Grapes (Cass Elliot), and Xanadu (ELO and Olivia Newton John).

Join us next week for another... CHARITY LIVESTREAM on Sunday 4th October! Here's the ol' YouTube link here

And you can still donate to this week's charity campaign, here.

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WATCH the recording of our London Podcast Festival live show on YouTube here!

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It's been three weeks since the last charity live stream, but M&B are back! And this week, we are raising money for two excellent Palestine charities: Medical Aid For Palestinians (MAP) and Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF). And we're very much not playing any Ed Sheeran.

Head over to YouTube to see the full video of this stream, including the songs that have to be cut for the podcast version. This week, M&B sang together twice: Livin' On A Prayer (Bon Jovi) and I Know Him So Well (Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson).

You can still donate to this week's two charities on the campaign page here

And join us next week for the next live stream, here

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Come and see Magenta & Bernard at the London Podcast Festival!

AN AUDIENCE WITH MADAME MAGENTA (& BERNARD) - Sunday 6th September, 4:30pm, Kings Place London.

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On this live stream, we pay tribute to three of our favourite legends - Dolly Parton, Tim Curry and Sam Neill. Come join us for chat, music, live fortune telling, and raising money for Save the Children.

Head over to YouTube to watch the full version of this, including Bernard's songs! This week: Here You Come Again (Dolly Parton), Professional Pirate (Tim Curry/The Muppets), and Jurassic Park/I Will Always Love You (John Williams/Dolly Parton).

You can still donate to Save The Children on this week's charity campaign page, here.

Join us for the next live stream on Sunday 20th September, here!

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Come and see Magenta & Bernard at the London Podcast Festival!

AN AUDIENCE WITH MADAME MAGENTA (& BERNARD) - Sunday 6th September, 4:30pm, Kings Place London.

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We're back with another charity livestream, this week raising money for International Rescue Committee. And, incredibly, all donations made to IRC before the end of August will be tripled! So a fiver becomes £15! Incredible.

Head over to YouTube to hear Bernard's songs - this week: Somebody I Used To Know (Gotye), and Gin-Soaked Boy (The Divine Comedy).

You can still donate to IRC on this week's charity campaign page, here.

Join us for the next live stream on Sunday 30th August, here!

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Come and see Magenta & Bernard at the London Podcast Festival!

AN AUDIENCE WITH MADAME MAGENTA (& BERNARD) - Sunday 6th September, 4:30pm, Kings Place London.

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M&B are back for more live shenanigans! Answering your letters, and solving your problems. Email madamemagentauk@gmail.com to have your shit thoroughly sorted out!

This week's charity is Action Against Hunger - you can still donate to this week's campaign here!

And join us for the next charity live stream on Sunday 16th August, here!

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Come and see Magenta & Bernard at the London Podcast Festival!

AN AUDIENCE WITH MADAME MAGENTA (& BERNARD) - Sunday 6th September, 4:30pm, Kings Place London.

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It’s time to officially kick off Year 2 of Magenta & Bernard’s charity livestream! Can we beat £10,000 in our second year? Only one way to find out! Join us this week as we show off Bernard’s new super-fancy Angine de Poitrine style loop pedal, answer more listener letters, and raise money for an excellent cause: UNICEF.

Head on over to YouTube to hear Bernard's songs from this live stream! This week: This Must Be The Place (Talking Heads), and Escape aka The Pina Colada Song (Rupert Holmes).

Join us for next week's stream on Sunday 9th August, here.

And you can still donate to this week's charity, here.

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Come and see Magenta & Bernard at the London Podcast Festival!

AN AUDIENCE WITH MADAME MAGENTA (& BERNARD) - Sunday 6th September, 4:30pm, Kings Place London.

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Can you believe it? Magenta & Bernard have been holding weekly charity live streams for a full year! And even more excitingly, we are only £263.83 away from hitting £10,000 raised in that first year. Can we make it in the nick of time?

A 2-hour bumper special this week!

Head over to the YouTube version of this stream to hear Bernard's songs (which can't be played on the podcast version). In this episode: Birds Of A Feather (Billie Eilish) mixed with Everybody's Talking (Harry Nilsson), followed by Here There & Everywhere (The Beatles), Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell), Hold On (Tom Waits) and Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler).

You can still support this week's charity, Medical Aid for Palestinians, by going to this link.

And join us for our next YouTube live stream on Sunday August 2nd, here.

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The pandas of the WWF get the M&B treatment! The treatment being: we raise some money for them.

Head over to YouTube to hear Bernard's songs this week - Wild Thing (The Troggs) and The Plough (The Divine Comedy).

IMPORTANT! The next live stream will be a 2 hour special for our first anniversary of live streaming! But we'll be doing it on a different day, so as not to clash with the World Cup final. So the next stream will be on SATURDAY JULY 25th.

You can watch on YouTube here

And you can support next week's charity, Medical Aid For Palestinians, here.

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We're raising money for Greenpeace, and yeah, nah, yeah, this one has a lot of good Aussie accents mate? And we also invented a revolutionary (no pun intended) new air cooling system. Stick around for both of those things.

And don't forget, head on over to YouTube to hear the songs that we can't put into the podcasts! In this episode, Bernard played Let's Stay Together (Al Green), Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel) and Teardrop (Massive Attack).

Join us next week, when we'll be raising money for the World Wildlife Fund! Watch on YouTube here.

And you can still donate to this week's campaign by going to this link here

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It's the final instalment in M&B's Pride Month charity streams, and we're so close to hitting a £700 milestone... will we cross that threshold this episode? (Spoiler: yes, obviously, or we wouldn't have mentioned it).

Be sure to head over to YouTube to hear the songs! Cut from this podcast, but featured in the live stream were Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy (Queen), Make Me Feel (Janelle Monae) and Life On Mars (David Bowie).

Join us next week, when we'll be raising money for Greenpeace. Same time, same place! Watch on YouTube here

And if you want to contribute to this week's LGBTQIA+ charities, you can do so here.

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It's the second instalment in M&B's series of Pride Month live streams! This week, the funds raised were split evenly between 5 excellent charities: Say It Loud Club, AKT, LGBT Foundation, Trans Lifeline and GiveOut.

Don't forget to head on over to the YouTube channel to watch the catch-up video, and see Bernard's songs of the week! In this episode, Bernard played Sigourney Weaver (John Grant), Breaking The Law (Judas Priest) and Imitation Of Life (REM).

You can tune in to our next live stream on Sunday 28th June, 8pm UK time (3pm ET), here.

And you can still donate to this week's charities, by visiting this link on GiveWheel.

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It's the first of our Pride specials! Through the month of June, we'll be raising money for LGBTQIA+ charities. This week, the funds were split evenly between Stonewall, Mermaids, Trans Lifeline and the Elton John AIDS Foundation - all excellent outfits doing excellent work.

Don't forget to head on over to the YouTube channel to watch the catch-up video, and see Bernard's songs of the week! In this episode, Bernard played Comme Si (Christine & The Queens), A Little Respect (Erasure) and Hidden Place (Björk).

You can tune in to our next live stream on Sunday 14th June, 8pm UK time (3pm ET), here.

And you can still donate to this week's charities via the campaign link here.

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After a brief hiatus, M&B are back with more esoteric insights, toe-tapping tunes and rallying cries of rage in this era of late-stage capitalist chaos.

Don't forget, you can head to YouTube and watch the catch-up version of these live streams, and you'll get to hear Bernard's songs that get cut from the podcasts! Songs in this episode: Chappell Roan: Hot To Go, Talking Heads: Once In A Lifetime, The Proclaimers: Sunshine On Leith.

Join us this coming Sunday for the next stream! 7th June, 8pm UK time (3pm ET). Watch on YouTube here.

And you can still support this week's campaign! You can find the link here.

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It's another multi-charity special! Plenty of Muppet-talk in this week's stream, along with a pondering on whether Waterworld is a maligned classic, and some distinctly unhelpful spiritual guidance from Jilly Cooper and this week's guest publication, The Medieval Traveller by Norbert Ohler.

And of course, we helped raise money for a host of charities: PCRF, Medical Aid For Palestinians, Trans Lifeline and Amnesty International. And you can still donate to the charity of your choice via this week's campaign page.

Join us on Sunday 17th May at 8pm UK time (3pm ET) for the next one!

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Good Gollum, Miss Mollum! It's another M&B charity live stream, raising money for the PCRF - Palestine Children's Relief Fund.

A very body-positive episode this week (with no thanks to our star bibliomancy text, Pandora by Jilly Cooper). Head on over to the YouTube recording of the livestream to hear Bernard play Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell) and Boy Child (Scott Walker), which of course can't be included in the podcast for copyright reasons. But they sounded very nice!

Join us on Sunday May 10th for our next multi-charity live stream!

And you can still support this week's campaign for the PCRF, here.

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On this week's episode of "half-remembered things and dubiously named British foodstuffs", M&B discuss the phenomena of Aunt Bessie's Yorkshire Puddings, the Fray Bentos Meaty Pud, the Double Decker, and of course, Mr Brain's Pork F*****s.

Join us next week, when M&B promise to eat at least one (1) of those foodstuffs on air!

Watch the next stream on Sunday 3rd May, at 8pm UK time (3pm ET), here. We will be raising money for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund.

Donate to this week's charity campaign, here.

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Magenta spills the tea on her time as a Brownie, a Rainbow and other such curiously-named after-school cryptids.

You can still support this week'd charity, UNICEF, by going to this page.

And you can join us on our next stream (another choose-your-own-charity-adventure!), on April 26th, here!

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It's the second consecutive week of M&B's multi-charity extravaganza! Join us for more fortune-telling live stream goodness.

Join us for the next one! Sunday 19th April, 8pm UK time (3pm ET). You can watch it on the Long Cat Media YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitch pages. Here's the link to the YouTube version.

And you can still choose a charity to support on this week's campaign page, here.

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Here's the link to our Bandcamp page

And here's the link to our Ko-fi page

Hello, listeners! It’s us again. Hopefully you listened to our last message. If you didn’t, it was about how we’re taking all our shows off Spotify.

And now, that time has come: as of today, we’ve requested their removal. Spotify makes the process as opaque as possible, so we don’t have a definitive date for when they will disappear, but it is imminent.

So, where can you find us once we’re off Spotify?

Where are we putting our brand new season of Mockery Manor?

Are we making sure there’s always a free way to listen to it?

Firstly, yes, there are many ways to listen to our shows for free. They will continue to exist on almost all podcast platforms - except Spotify. The free versions include adverts, although we try to keep those to a minimum.

If you’d prefer to listen to Mockery without adverts - and who wouldn’t - then the most ethical way to do that is one we’ve just launched, where for only £3.49, you can purchase a whole season of Mockery on Bandcamp. And if you’re wondering why we chose £3.49, that’s because that was the average cost of a CD single in around 2002, when I started buying music.

All our scripted podcasts are now available on Bandcamp, and they sound much better. The audio quality of a podcast is higher there than on any other online platform. MUCH higher. That’s because podcast platforms use compressed MP3s, while on Bandcamp, everything is CD-quality, high definition lossless audio.

And unlike other online services, Bandcamp pays artists fairly. In a world that seems to be trying to destroy creators, services like Bandcamp means we can keep going.

Also, Bandcamp’s profits DO NOT go into the pockets of mass murderers! What a world, where that’s even a thing.

We’ve always given our monthly supporters free access to our music albums on Bandcamp, but going forward, they’ll also have access to unlimited plays of our podcasts in high definition, so join us over on Ko-fi for that delicious perk.

Mockery Manor season 4 is due out this summer, so please do listen to it for free on any other podcast platform, or for £3.49 on Bandcamp.

See you on the other side!

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It's our first ever multi-charity live event! Viewers this week could donate to their charity of choice on our GiveWheel page, and we had donations to Amnesty International, Trans Lifeline, PCRF, Women For Refugee Women, ActionAid and Action Against Hunger. Thank you everyone! We also had Magenta's absolutely BRUTAL heckle to Bernard mid-song. Listen on for that!

Please join us next week for another choose-your-own-charity bonanza! Watch on YouTube here.

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It's another charity live stream! You know you want to listen and hear about Sir Patrick Moore's super sexy role in Cher's Burlesque musical.

This week, M&B are raising money for WaterAid. You can still donate to this week's charity here.

And join us for the next stream on April 5th, Easter Sunday! You can watch it here.

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Come join us for another Charity Live Stream! It's absolutely THICK with Thicc Witches.

You can still donate to this week's charity, ActionAid, here

And come join us for the next stream on Sunday 29th March, at 8pm UK time (3pm ET), here

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A slightly belated Live Stream! As usual, we've had to cut out Bernard's songs for copyright reasons, but there were a couple of real doozies in this stream, so head on over to YouTube to check those out.

You can still donate to this week's charity, Action Against Hunger, here

And tune in to the next stream on Sunday 29th March at 8pm UK time (3pm ET), here

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It's a very bean-heavy episode, this one.

Join us on Sunday March 15th for the next live stream!

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Magenta has been fighting a 2-day migraine, so she and Bernard are recording from a very esoterically dark room this week. But it hasn't dulled Mags' ability to tell fortunes, espouse wild conspiracy theories about the Moon, and raise money for International Rescue Committee.

Donate to this week's charity here

Join us next week at 8pm UK time (3pm ET), Sunday 8th March, on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitch!

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It's finally time for the Sagittarians to get their 2026 reading! Plus esoteric chat, a few misheard lyrics, and Bernard gets very angry about people who claim to like the feeling of sand between their toes.

Join us on Sunday March 1st at the slightly later time of 8:30pm UK time (3:30pm ET) - Watch here

And you can still support this week's charity, BARNARDOS, here

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It's time for Scorpio to get the Magenta Zodiac treatment!

Come join us for the next livestream on Feb 22nd! ⁠You can watch it on YouTube here⁠

And if you want to support this week's charity, OXFAM, ⁠⁠you can do so here.⁠

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It's time for Virgos and Librans to get the Magenta Zodiac treatment!

Come join us for the next livestream on Feb 15th! ⁠You can watch it on YouTube here⁠

And if you want to support this week's charity, Amnesty International, ⁠⁠you can do so here.⁠

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We simply do not want to yuck anybody's yum!

Come join us for next week's livestream on Feb 1st! ⁠You can watch it on YouTube here.⁠

And if you want to support this week's charity, Amnesty International, ⁠you can do so here.

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This episode's title actually appeared in the previous episode, but it's such an excellent joke that it warranted its own episode title.

⁠Join us for the next live stream! ⁠⁠25th January 26.⁠

⁠Donate to this week's charity⁠ - Human Rights Watch.

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It's the first live stream of 2026, and M&B are hitting the ground running! With horoscopes for Pisces and Aries, a really excellent listener ghost story, and a new (perfect) epic fantasy name generator.

This week's charity is HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH - ⁠please donate to the campaign here.⁠

⁠Join us next week!⁠ Sunday 18th January on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitch. 

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It's time to wave goodbye to 2025, and beckon in the new year! With some (somewhat dubious) horoscope readings, which should, as always, be taken with a pinch of salt.

We've almost raised £5000 this year! ⁠Tune in to the next one to see us cross the threshold! 

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Ho Ho Ho, Fans of the Esoteric, and welcome to Magenta and Bernard's Christmas/Festivus/Yule/Winter Solstice livestream, and it's a bumper long one. Perfect, one might say, for a long drive in the wintertime (RIP Chris Rea).

If you'd like to donate to this week's charity, Amnesty International, ⁠you can do so here.⁠

We have one more livestream left in 2025 - on the ⁠28th December at 8pm UK time (3pm ET). Watch it on YouTube here.

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Cat Neko wearing a delightful Christmas jumper turned out to be an incredibly distracting presence this week, but it was so worth it. You'll have to tune in next time to see him in all his glory.

⁠Link to the next stream! Watch here on YouTube on Dec 14th⁠

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Neko the cat joins Magenta & Bernard for a special, calm, soothing instalment of the show. Picture a waterfall...

⁠WATCH THE NEXT LIVESTREAM ON YOUTUBE - 7 DEC⁠

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Magenta & Bernard's weekly dose of absinthe-soaked, slow burn esoteric ramblings. Haunted phones! Typography jokes! Dropping a social hand grenade at your office Christmas party! All this and more.

On Wednesday 26th November at 8pm UK time (3pm ET) - tune into the MOCKERY MANOR S1E1 Live Listening Party! Watch on YouTube here

And you can still donate to this week's charity, International Rescue Committee, by visiting the GoFundMe page here.

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M&B battle some gremlins this week on a quest to find out what the hell Jimmy Buffett is talking about.

The next live stream will be on Sunday November 23rd at 8pm UK time (3pm ET), and you can watch it on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitch.

⁠Watch it live on YouTube here⁠

And you can still donate to this week's charity, Medecins Sans Frontiers, by visiting ⁠this week's GoFundMe page

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Bernard has been trying his hand at Astral Planing, but listeners - we must advise against it. Astral Planing should only be done by a trained professional (ie Magenta).

The next live stream will be on Sunday November 16th at 8pm UK time (3pm ET), and you can watch it on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitch.

Watch it live on YouTube here

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Hello, Laurence & Lindsay here. We've got a big problem, and we need your help.

If you're listening to this on Spotify, we're asking you to stop, and switch to another podcast player.

As I'm sure most of you know, there's plenty of evidence that Spotify is a terrible company with a long history of exploiting and underpaying artists, but that's only part of why it's so bad.

It's been reported that Spotify's CEO, Daniel Ek, has recently invested millions of Euros of your subscription fees in an AI weaponry company called Helsing. This company has developed an automated target identification system, with the option to keep a human in the loop. In other words, it's machines selecting which humans to kill on the battlefield.

It's also been reported Spotify donated $150,000 to the Trump campaign, and it's recently been running ICE recruitment ads. It is a powerful force for bad.

So here's our problem. Almost half of our total listenership comes from Spotify, and the adverts that we run are how we make our money. If we just pulled our podcasts straight away, that would be a huge financial blow for us.

So we would like to urge you to listen elsewhere, on another podcast player. Lots of people recommend one called Pocket Casts, we've also heard good things about Podcast Addict. In the last month, we've had downloads from about 50 different podcast players, so there are plenty of alternatives.

We've going to take our podcasts off Spotify as soon as it becomes clear that there is a real movement to cancel Spotify subscriptions and move to other platforms, and that movement is growing.

For you, thankfully, this doesn't cost anything. Podcasts are, and will always be, free to listen to on any platform. Like we said, a lot of people seem to like Pocket Casts, and as far as we know, they're not evil. There are also a ton of others to choose from - all very accessible, and all free.

If you've ever enjoyed our podcasts, or you're about to discover them, thank you so much for listening. Let's try and do the right thing.

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It's the Halloweeeeeeeen live stream! Recorded on October 31st 2025, and goodness me, what a lot of chaos there was on this one. The cocktail completely malfunctioned, and for some reason the chat decided that "FART IT!" should be the show's new catchprase. Who are we to deny them that?

The next live stream will be on Sunday November 9th at 8pm UK time (3pm ET), and you can watch it on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitch.

Watch it live on YouTube here

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What a week this was! We had cocktail based on a World War 2 ration pack, an abrupt expulsion of air, and a Pet Shop Boys number that you won’t get to hear because of copyright laws. So you better tune into the next one!

You can still donate to this week's charity, Care International, by hitting this link.

Tap here to watch the next live stream on 26th October!

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Possibly the bluest (meaning: dirty, rude, saucy) live stream M&B have perpetrated so far! What fun.

Join us for our next live stream! It's on October 19th, 8pm UK time (3pm ET) Here's the link to watch live on YouTube.

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A thin but savoury tasty treat awaits you in this week's Cocktail Time, along with deep dives on Mecca Bingo, why a sexy-scary dog might be the perfect Halloween costume for introverts, and an exciting update from last week's lottery winner!

The next live stream will be on Sunday 12th Octover 2025 at 8pm UK time (3pm ET), and you can watch it here:

And if you would like to donate to this episode's charity, Action Against Hunger, you can do so here:

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This episode sees the triumphant return of Cocktail Time, by popular listener demand! And a flurry of letters on such diverse topics as haunted wedding dresses, forcing your friends to admit they have ADHD, and rigging the lottery.

You can still donate to Medical Aid For Palestinians here!

And you can watch our next Live Stream on October 5th here!

As always, you can email madamemagentauk@gmail.com with your questions or requests, and we shall endeavour to ask the spirits for you.

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Can you spot people having affairs in bars? Is Professor Brian Cox gaslighting us? Is Ken Russell's The Lair Of The White Worm the greatest film you've never seen?

Highlights from Magenta & Bernard's weekly YouTube livestream, recorded 21st September 2025, with an audience of beloved tragic fans.

This week, we are raising money for Choose Love. You can still donate to the campaign by visiting this link.⁠

M&B's next live stream will be on SUNDAY 28th SEPTEMBER - ⁠here's the link to watch, and to sign up for a reminder.

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Magenta and Bernard are back!

It’s a new season of our chat podcast  - with a twist! Because now it’s live! And for charity!

From now on, M&B will be holding an almost-weekly live stream on YouTube, on Sundays, at 8pm UK time (3pm ET).

These live streams are a chance for fans of the esoteric to get together, have silly goofy fun, stand up for what we believe in, ask esoteric questions, denounce the government, and listen to Bernard rocking out on the guitar. 

And best of all, each week, we'll be raising money for a different charity. This time, we raised £170 for Choose Love. You can still donate to the campaign by visiting this link.

M&B's next live stream will be on SUNDAY 21st SEPTEMBER - here's the link to watch, and sign up for a reminder.

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It's WHAM episode 6! (The last one)

It's the SpOoOoOkY Halloween episode!

This time, Mags and Bernie are making a kooky stop-motion adventure starring the Hungry Hungry Hippos - going all the way back to 2500 BC!

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